Jacques Lemercier
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Jacques Lemercier was a prominent 17th-century French architect and engineer known for his work on major Parisian landmarks and for helping shape the architectural style of the early French Baroque.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Jacques Lemercier canonical | 9 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T3105038 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Jacques Lemercier Context triple: [Église Saint-Roch de Paris, architect, Jacques Lemercier]
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A.
Claude Perret
Claude Perret was a member of the Perret family associated with early 20th-century French architecture, known primarily in relation to his architect brother Auguste Perret.
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B.
Henri Meilhac
Henri Meilhac was a 19th-century French dramatist and librettist best known for his collaborations with Ludovic Halévy on operas by composers such as Georges Bizet and Jacques Offenbach.
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C.
Georges Récipon
Georges Récipon was a French sculptor best known for his ornate allegorical sculptures and monumental works in Paris during the late 19th and early 20th centuries.
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D.
Jean-Charles Adolphe Alphand
Jean-Charles Adolphe Alphand was a prominent 19th-century French engineer and urban planner known for helping transform Paris’s parks, boulevards, and public spaces under Baron Haussmann.
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E.
Théodore Maunoir
Théodore Maunoir was a Swiss physician and humanitarian who was one of the key co-founders of the International Committee of the Red Cross in the 19th century.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Jacques Lemercier Target entity description: Jacques Lemercier was a prominent 17th-century French architect and engineer known for his work on major Parisian landmarks and for helping shape the architectural style of the early French Baroque.
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A.
Claude Perret
Claude Perret was a member of the Perret family associated with early 20th-century French architecture, known primarily in relation to his architect brother Auguste Perret.
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B.
Henri Meilhac
Henri Meilhac was a 19th-century French dramatist and librettist best known for his collaborations with Ludovic Halévy on operas by composers such as Georges Bizet and Jacques Offenbach.
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C.
Georges Récipon
Georges Récipon was a French sculptor best known for his ornate allegorical sculptures and monumental works in Paris during the late 19th and early 20th centuries.
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D.
Jean-Charles Adolphe Alphand
Jean-Charles Adolphe Alphand was a prominent 19th-century French engineer and urban planner known for helping transform Paris’s parks, boulevards, and public spaces under Baron Haussmann.
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E.
Théodore Maunoir
Théodore Maunoir was a Swiss physician and humanitarian who was one of the key co-founders of the International Committee of the Red Cross in the 19th century.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (44)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
French Baroque architect
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architect ⓘ engineer ⓘ human ⓘ |
| architecturalTypeWorkedOn |
churches
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châteaux ⓘ palaces ⓘ university buildings ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | France ⓘ |
| employer |
Cardinal Richelieu
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French Crown ⓘ |
| era | 17th century ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
architecture
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civil engineering ⓘ |
| gender | male ⓘ |
| genre |
palatial architecture
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religious architecture ⓘ urban planning ⓘ |
| influenced | later French Baroque architects ⓘ |
| influencedBy | Salomon de Brosse ⓘ |
| movement |
Baroque
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surface form:
Baroque architecture
French Baroque architecture ⓘ
surface form:
French Baroque
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| nativeLanguage | French ⓘ |
| notableFor |
designing important royal and ministerial residences
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designing major Parisian religious buildings ⓘ helping shape early French Baroque architectural style ⓘ |
| notableProject |
expansion of the Louvre Palace
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urban development of Richelieu, Indre-et-Loire ⓘ |
| notableStudentOrAssistant | French royal architectural workshops (collective) ⓘ |
| notableWork |
Église Saint-Roch, Paris
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surface form:
Church of Saint-Roch, Paris
Church of Saint-Vincent-de-Paul, Paris ⓘ
surface form:
Church of Saint-Vincent-de-Paul, Paris (original design)
Château de Richelieu ⓘ Palais-Cardinal (later Palais-Royal) works ⓘ Pavillon de l’Horloge ⓘ
surface form:
Pavillon de l’Horloge of the Louvre
Sorbonne Chapel ⓘ Val-de-Grâce (early designs) ⓘ |
| occupation |
architect
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engineer ⓘ |
| placeOfActivity | Kingdom of France ⓘ |
| positionHeld | royal architect of France ⓘ |
| style |
classical architecture
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early French Baroque ⓘ |
| workLocation |
Paris
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Île-de-France region ⓘ
surface form:
Île-de-France
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How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Jacques Lemercier Description of subject: Jacques Lemercier was a prominent 17th-century French architect and engineer known for his work on major Parisian landmarks and for helping shape the architectural style of the early French Baroque.
Referenced by (9)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
Église Saint-Roch de Paris